Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 20:47:05 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!! Message-ID: <34654049.15FB7483@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971108200806.1375A-100000@ccsales.ccsales.com>
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Randy Katz wrote: > > Someone did something and no user can log in. It gives the message > login: /bin/sh Permission Denied. > > Is there anything, simple, they could have done? > > HELP!!! > > Thanx, > Randy Katz reboot.. it that on it's own doesn't fix it..... reboot (again,) at the boot prompt: Boot: -s when it asks you for a shell to run, use /bin/sh if that fails, try /stand/sh then /bin/csh (but that may require sahred libs.) failing that, boot of the original boot floppy select 'fixit disk' from the menu. put in the fixit floppy (you DO have one don't you?) and hit CR it will put you in a shell. fsck your hard disk partitions (use the rsd and rwd entries, not sd and wd mount them fix the damage. sync sync unmount the hard disk again exit the shell (type 'exit') reboot remove the floppy! julian
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